The 9th eSTEeM Annual Conference 2020 Informing Student Success: From Scholarship to Practice Conference Booklet 29-30 April 2020 Via MS Teams www.open.ac.uk/esteem @OU_eSTEeM #eSTEeMConf20 #eSTEeMis10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following people who helped with various aspects of this conference: Nicholas Braithwaite, Executive Dean, STEM Faculty John Butcher, Access Participation and Success, Director, WELS Diane Butler, Director eSTEeM, STEM Faculty Trevor Collins, Director eSTEeM, STEM Faculty Diane Ford, eSTEeM Manager, STEM Faculty Wendy Fowle, Assistant Director – Access, Participation and Success Phil Gravestock, Higher Education Consultant and Researcher, Emeritus Professor, University of Gloucestershire Darren Gray, Manager (Access, Participation and Success), PVC-Students Keith Hamilton, Chief Technician, AV Ben Hawkridge, Project Officer, STEM Faculty Sam Hazell, Audio Visual Support Technician Helen May, Curriculum Design Consultant, Head of Learning and Teaching, York St John University Babette Oliver, Events Manager, MarComms Hannah Quaintrell, Lead Technical Developer, IT Rachel Redford, eSTEeM Centre Support Assistant, STEM Faculty Amy Sharpe, Internal Communications Coordinator, MarComms Open University colleagues and students who have contributed to the conference 2 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2 CONTENTS 3 PROGRAMME 8 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION 14 Diane Butler and Trevor Collins, eSTEeM Directors DAY ONE CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY 15 Phil Gravestock DAY TWO CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY 16 Helen May CONFERENCE INFORMATION 17 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 19 OPENING WORKSHOP 19 Wendy Fowle, John Butcher and Darren Gray, Access, Participation and Success – Addressing Inequitable Outcomes for Black Students at The OU Workshop PARALLEL SESSION A: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS – INNOVATIONS IN ASSESSMENT AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR STEM LEARNING Catherine Halliwell and Jenny Can an asynchronous student conference in Open 20 Duckworth Studio develop students’ critical evaluation skills? Matthew Nelson and David Large-scale game-based activity for delivering 21 Bowers experience of communication within teams Andrew Potter and Colin Blended Tutorials in Mathematics - Simultaneous Face- 22 Blundell to-Face and Online Learning Events PARALLEL SESSION B: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS – SUPPORTING STUDENTS Janette Wallace, Isabella The role of large informal online workshops to engage 23 Henman and Kath Nicol and enthuse students studying SDK228 an interdisciplinary level 2 module Cathryn Peoples The Change in Student Engagement with Personalised 23 Support: An Evaluation at the Mid-way Point of an eSTEeM-funded Project Mark Jones, Sarah Chyriwsky, Online Team Investigations in Science (OTIS) – The 24 Judith Croston, Ulrich Kolb, student view of online team-working in astrophysics Susanne Schwenzer and and space science Sheona Urquhart PARALLEL SESSION C: WORKSHOP/DEMONSTRATION – SUPPORTING STUDENTS Rachel Slater, Patrick Murphy, Accessibility and inclusion in tuition: examples of 26 Elaine McPherson and Anne individualised support Campbell 3 PARALLEL SESSION D: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS – TECHNOLOGIES FOR STEM LEARNING Adeola Adeliyi, Michel A systematic review of pair programming for learners 27 Wermelinger, Jon Rosewell and of programming at a distance Karen Kear Sharon Dawes, Chris Thomson, How Jupyter Notebooks enhance learning and 27 Stephen Rice and Stephen teaching on TM351 Bowles Patrick Wong, Helen Donelan Understanding and mitigating students’ difficulties in 28 and Tony Hirst undertaking complex practical activities on their computers IGNITE PRESENTATIONS – FUTURE INNOVATIVE SCHOLARSHIP 30 Matthew Nelson Storytelling in computing education 30 Carol Calvert and Rachel Hilliam A qualification world? 30 Sarah Daniell and Lorraine Evaluation of students’ accessibility and use of 31 Waters online tutorials and forums in Level 2 modules, with specific focus on the experience of D flag students Nick Chatterton and Eleanor Developing the equivalent of student whiteboards 32 Crabb for use in Adobe Connect tutorials and in forum posts Ann Grand Learning to be an engaged research community 32 PARALLEL SESSION E: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS – EMPLOYABILITY Andrew Potter, Gerry Golding Promoting Good Mathematical Communication as a 34 and Sally Crighton key Employability and Transferable Skill in Level 1 Service Mathematics Rupesh Shah, Helen Wilding, Curriculum innovation – transforming postgraduate 35 Martin Reynolds and Ray Ison learning systems for a world in turbulence Leonor Barroca and Matthew Who are our apprentices? 36 Walkley PARALLEL SESSION F: Workshop withdrawn from programme PARALLEL SESSION G: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS – ONLINE/ONSCREEN STEM PRACTICE & SUPPORTING STUDENTS Susan Pawley Maximising online tutorial attendance of a high 37 population level 1 module Anne-Marie Gallen, Mark Jones Perceptions, Expectations and Experience of Group 38 and Anne Campbell Tuition: towards a shared understanding amongst stakeholders (part II: the student perspective) Rachel Hilliam, Gaynor The Mathematics and Statistics Study Site: Facts, 38 Arrowsmith, Alexander figures and further plans Siddons, Derek Goldrei and Cath Brown DAY ONE CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION 40 Phil Gravestock – Addressing Disparities in Student Success: enhancing BAME students' achievement 4 PARALLEL SESSION H: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS – TECHNOLOGIES FOR STEM LEARNING, SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND INNOVATIONS IN ASSESSMENT Catherine Halliwell, Simon Can a new OU Study App enhance the learning 41 Collinson, Rachel McMullan and experience of students on S350, an online only Jenny Duckworth module? Steve Walker, Tom Olney, Carlton Learning analytics - let's get real! 42 Wood and Anactoria Clark Jake Hilliard, Patrick Wong, Karen Using Real Time Student Feedback (RTSF) as an 42 Kear, Helen Donelan and Caroline Emotion Awareness and Regulation Tool in an Heaney Assessed, Online, Collaborative Project Jim Iley and Nick Adams Single Component Assessment Examination and 44 Exam Feedback: the S112 experience PARALLEL SESSION I: WORKSHOP/DEMONSTRATION – SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND TUTORS Shirley Evans, Manish Malik and An AL led eSTEeM action research project to 45 Winston Graham support students and tutors: challenges and opportunities PARALLEL SESSION J: WORKSHOP/DEMONSTRATION – ONLINE/ONSCREEN STEM PRACTICE Nick Chatterton, Eleanor Crabb Generating graphical content for teaching: a simple 47 and Kate Bradshaw and cheap way to produce diagrams/symbol rich content for forum postings and for live streaming in Adobe Connect PARALLEL SESSION K: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS – COMMUNITY BUILDING, SUPPORT FOR ALs & EMPLOYABILITY Janet Haresnape, Rupesh Shah, Building a community of STEM ALs –extension of 48 Nirvana Wynn and Barbara Jones the STEM-ByALs-ForALs programme to include more social learning opportunities Venetia Brown, Alan Cayless and Exploring the use of Labcasts to Support Associate 48 Jo Jarvis Lecturers David Conway What are the careers education, information, 49 advice and guidance needs of Open University Level 1 Computing and Communication students? Fiona Aiken and Chris Hutton Student perceptions and development of 50 employability skills in level 1 science PARALLEL SESSION L: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS – SUPPORTING STUDENTS & EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Catherine Halliwell and Cath TMA Extensions: How are they used and what is 52 Brown their impact on student success? Gerry Golding and Andrew Potter Developing “use value mindsets” to enhance 53 undergraduates’ perceptions of learning mathematics in a first-year service mathematics environment 5 Chris Hughes, Chetz Colwell, John Evaluating the accessibility of an alternative format 54 Clarke, Kaye Williams and Alison of module materials in Maths & Stats Bromley Anne-Marie Gallen, Clare Reger Factors influencing female participation in Physical 54 and Mark Bowden Science Postgraduate Research Programmes PARALLEL SESSION M: WORKSHOP/DEMONSTRATION – TECHNOLOGIES FOR STEM LEARNING Trevor Collins, Rebecca Ferguson Putting Innovation into Practice – Enhancing the 55 and Eileen Scanlon STEM curriculum through scholarship PARALLEL SESSION N: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS – INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS Tom Olney, Mark Endean and ‘More Learning Designers are Needed’: Identifying 56 Duncan Banks the instructional design competencies required for the successful implementation of the UK Open University learning design approach in three Chinese Open Universities Kerry Murphy, Jane Cullen, Eric OpenSTEM Africa: Strengthening science education 56 Addae-Kyeremeh, Kris in Ghana Stutchbury, Maria Velasco, Sarah Davies, Janice Ansine, Clem Herman, Olivier Biard and Joshua Mallet (58) Stephen Burnley and Sinead Giving practical support to MSc students in the 57 O'Connor-Gotra Global South PARALLEL SESSION O: WORKSHOP/DEMONSTRATION – EMPLOYABILITY Alexander Mikroyannidis Decentralised Qualifications on the Blockchain 59 PARALLEL SESSION P: WORKSHOP/DEMONSTRATION – SUPPORTING STUDENTS Fiona Moorman and Karen New STEM ISSS - where are we now? Evaluating 60 awareness, usage and effectiveness of individual student support sessions DAY TWO CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION 62 Helen May – Achieving Positive Outcomes for All: What can we do and why does it matter? POSTER PRESENTATIONS 63 Alan Yate Do students understand Learning Outcomes in 63 general and in T176, T192, T193 and T194 in particular? Paul Piwek and Simon Savage Students as partners in a Level 1 Computing and IT 63 module: Co-design of formative